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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 00:07:59 -0800 To: SVLUG <svlug@svlug.org> Subject: Re: [svlug] Could this be the end of JAVA? From: Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> begin Aaron Lehmann quotation: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 11:21:19PM -0800, Wayne Earl wrote: >> got mod_perl? > > We're talking about Java. Depending on how it works, mod_perl may not > be a strictly intrepreted language. It compiles the data and reuses it > often. > > To be fair, I don't know how the comparable Java server applications > work. mod_perl and JServ have both cost me sleep in the past. The difference is that server-side Java always seems to have a horrific effect on the server. Nine times out of ten, for example, when I hear about a Linux 2.2-based machine running up against per-user and per-host process limits, it turns out to be running Java processes with their characteristic devil-may-care threading model. Java proponents tend to see the 2.4 kernel's more-generous process limits as their salvation -- but I wonder if they shouldn't switch to a better-designed language, instead. ===